What
I'm hearing repeatedly from some team personnel men, as the draft gets
closer and the honesty increases, is that this draft is subpar.
Extremely subpar. Few team personnel want to say anything publicly about
the paucity of talent out of fear of hearing from the NFL. There's this
thought process that if you criticize the draft, you risk the ire of
the NFL; the league doesn't want anyone publicly criticizing the draft
out of fear of injuring television ratings.

It's so bad that some of the same executives claim that none of the quarterbacks is an actual first-round talent.

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